Stonethrow Ridge is a snow-covered ridge rising west of
Fumarole Bay
Fumarole Bay is a bay on the southwest side of Port Foster in the interior of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Having a similar name in the same island is the Vapour Col.
The bay is part of the larger, enclosed water of Port Fo ...
on
Deception Island
Deception Island is in the South Shetland Islands close to the Antarctic Peninsula with a large and usually "safe" natural harbour, which is occasionally affected by the underlying active volcano. This island is the caldera of an active volc ...
, in the
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, Antarctic islands located in the Drake Passage with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the n ...
of
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. ...
.
Vapour Col lies to the south of the ridge.
The name 'Stonethrow' arose following a survey by the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
The Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) was an aerial survey of the Falkland Islands Dependencies
The Falkland Islands Dependencies was the constitutional arrangement from 1843 until 1985 for administering the v ...
(FIDS) in January 1954 because of the large number of rocks and stones at the base of the steep east face which have been thrown off the ridge.
Antarctic Specially Protected Area
The western part of the ridge forms part of an
Antarctic Specially Protected Area
An Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) is an area on the continent of Antarctica, or on nearby islands, which is protected by scientists and several different international bodies. The protected areas were established in 1961 under the Antarc ...
(ASPA 140), comprising several separate sites on Deception Island, and designated as such primarily for its botanic and ecological values.
References
SCAR composite Gazetteer- Stonethrow Ridge
Ridges of the South Shetland Islands
Geography of Deception Island
Antarctic Specially Protected Areas
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